WhatCulture! writer Michael Perone recently put together a list of top 6 pop punk bands of all time, which covers mostly old school pop punk bands, such as New Found Glory (pictured at left), Green Day, Blink-182, The Offspring, Plain White-T’s and Simple Plan. Perone also lists Good Charlotte as an “honorable mention”. Here’s what he had to say about the list:

“Though I’m too old for their target demographic now, I still think pop-punk is one of the greatest musical genres ever invented. Like caramel popcorn, it’s the perfect salty-sweet combination for your ears. The pop component keeps the punk from being too hard, and the punk part keeps the pop from being too soft. I recently went through my music catalog and picked out what I feel are the best of the best.”

You can check out the list right here, and if your favorite pop punk band is not listed, add your two cents in our comments section.

Sub-genre pop punk bands I tend to relate to Screeching Weasel, Methadone’s, Queers, Lillington’s, Teenage Bottle Rockets, Copyrights, the Leftovers, etc. I mean you can go further and mention Banner Pilot, Dear Landlord, etc. I would put their list into the genre power pop punk.

I hate being a troll..but that is a profoundly sad list. That child needs to go back and do homework! Ramones, Descendents, Buzzcocks, All, Hüsker Dü, Undertones…and another 20 or so before I’d get to anything on that list.

Those are old school pop punk bands? /:| I’d consider The Ramones, Descendents , etc. old school pop punk. The only bands I like on that list are Green Day and Blink 182… NFG was okay. But in the 90’s, there were much better pop punk bands like Squirtgun and Screeching Weasel.

Band Spotlight

The Longest Hall have a song called "Punch A Nazi In The Face". That should be enough for you to give them a try, but I'll expand. The song starts with a driving tom beat that's more punk than you, references the intro to Fuck Tha Police, then drops a 'BLEH' over a riff that makes you want to start a NYHC style pit in your kitchen. All within the first 21 seconds.
Hailing from Florida, the band consists of 3 brothers who clearly grew up loving ALL the music. Genres bleed into one another and you can almost see an excitable trio of men going 'oh wait, what if we did this next' in each song. Usually 'this' is another breakdown to get you moshing.
Imagine drunkenly stumbling between the practice studios of A Day To Remember, Anti-Flag, All That Remains and Agnostic Front and you're halfway to understanding the sound these guys have put together. Except sometimes they go full metal. There's a lot going on!
Check out their debut album here.